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=== Examples of Ancient Greek music === | === Examples of Ancient Greek music === | ||
; [[Stefan Hagel]] | |||
* ''[http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ Ancient Greek Music]'' (2012): a library of extant fragments using authentic tunings | |||
=== Modern compositions using Ancient Greek tuning === | === Modern compositions using Ancient Greek tuning === | ||
; [https://www.youtube.com/@SocraticSwansongs John Robert Bagby] (Socratic Swansongs) | |||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=WkdyBnujvkY ''Eight Preludes for Piano and Sax in Ancient Greek Attunements (Harmonia)''] (2023) | |||
; [[Max Brumberg]] | ; [[Max Brumberg]] | ||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=aI7YwJ1jBhY Aulos from ancient Greek and Roman times music] (2019) | * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=aI7YwJ1jBhY ''Aulos from ancient Greek and Roman times music''] (2019) | ||
; [[Dean Drummond]] | |||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=y6IinoChSVA ''2 Studies on Ancient Greek Scales''] (1991, for [[flute]] and [[zoomoozophone]]) | |||
; [[Farya Faraji]] | ; [[Farya Faraji]] | ||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=5thTYGirisQ In Numa's Time - Ancient Roman Song] | * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhzTRWOwTeo ''Corinthian Nights - Ancient Greek Music''] (2023, feat. [[Dimitris Athanasopoulos]]) | ||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=5thTYGirisQ ''In Numa's Time - Ancient Roman Song'']<ref>Though the lyrics are in Latin, the tuning is late Ancient Greek enharmonic.</ref> (2023) | |||
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-7o6jZ2iE ''Dance of the Spartans - Ancient Greek Music''] (2022) | |||
; [[Michael Levy]] | ; [[Michael Levy]] | ||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFdndehhUgs The Discord of Eris (Microtonal Improvisation for Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre)] (2022) | * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFdndehhUgs ''The Discord of Eris (Microtonal Improvisation for Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre)''] (2022) | ||
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=XV5NLBH7NpA Microtonal Music for Lyre (Etude in the Archytas Enharmonic Genus)] (2016 | * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=XV5NLBH7NpA ''Microtonal Music for Lyre (Etude in the Archytas Enharmonic Genus)''] (2016) | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 10 May 2026
The musical system of Ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided into seven to thirteen intervals.[1]
Any discussion of the music of Ancient Greece, theoretical, philosophical or aesthetic, is fraught with two problems:
- There are few examples of written music
- There are many competing, sometimes fragmentary, theoretical and philosophical accounts.
See the Wikipedia page in the top right for a thorough coverage of these accounts.
Music
Examples of Ancient Greek music
- Ancient Greek Music (2012): a library of extant fragments using authentic tunings
Modern compositions using Ancient Greek tuning
- John Robert Bagby (Socratic Swansongs)
- 2 Studies on Ancient Greek Scales (1991, for flute and zoomoozophone)
- Corinthian Nights - Ancient Greek Music (2023, feat. Dimitris Athanasopoulos)
- In Numa's Time - Ancient Roman Song[2] (2023)
- Dance of the Spartans - Ancient Greek Music (2022)
- The Discord of Eris (Microtonal Improvisation for Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre) (2022)
- Microtonal Music for Lyre (Etude in the Archytas Enharmonic Genus) (2016)
Resources
- Divisions of the Tetrachord - John H. Chalmers (1993)
- Ancient Greek Music: A New Technical History - Stefan Hagel (2010)